Random Questions

I've been asking myself lately:

How can a parent be so uninformed?

Why does everyone seem to have it so together and I feel like I am busting at the seams?

What happened to respect and manners?

Why does every work place or school have to have cliques?

Why is there always the popular people and the unpopular people?

Why do children have to get picked on?

Why are kids these days so not motivated?

What happened to "outdoor" summers?

Why are parents so caught up in keeping their kids happy if we still don't even know what happiness really is?

Isn't it all relative?

Why does my mom get so consumed by my sister that she forgets that the rest of us need her too?

Why do I always question my instincts?

Why is my brother on my mind so much lately?

Why can't I just let certain things go?

Why can't I rest on the one day that I am kid-free if rest is all I've wanted for the last 6 months?

Am I making the right decisions when it comes to parenting?

Is setting high standards for your children a bad thing?

Is having a reaction/consequence, whether it be good or bad, wrong for every reaction?

Why does everyone offer empty threats?